Heavy Wireless
The Heavy Wireless podcast is a deep dive into Wi-Fi, IoT, wireless security & more. Get the technical know-how & industry context to succeed.
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Show overview
Heavy Wireless has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 89 episodes. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 24 min and 29 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 21 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Packet Pushers.
From the publisher
Heavy Wireless is a deep dive into Wi-Fi, IoT, wireless security, and more. Host Keith Parsons, CWNE#3, draws on his decades of experience to educate, entertain, and inspire those working in the WLAN industry. Each twice-monthly episode explores an aspect of wireless technology with guests including Wi-Fi engineers, industry experts, and vendors. Whether you're already a WLAN specialist or looking to expand your skills in this high-demand sector of IT, Heavy Wireless gives you the technical know-how and industry context to succeed.
Latest Episodes
View all 89 episodesHW088: Scaling Your Wireless Team with Ekahau SaaS (Sponsored)
HW087: Designing for 6GHz Standard Power Indoors
HW086: High Density Wi-Fi Part 2
HW085: Designing Wi-Fi for High-Density Events
HW084: Spatial Reuse in Wi-Fi
HW083: Inside the WLAN Pros Toolbox – A Free, Multipurpose App
HW082: Employee or Independent Contractor in the Wi-Fi Industry?
HW081: What to Do About the 6GHz Upper Band Split
HW080: WLAN Pros’ Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Course
HW079: Driving AI Efficacy in Wi-Fi (Sponsored)
HW078: Companion Tools for Wireless Validation Surveys
HW077: The Lean Network Team: Real-World Lessons in Automating a Wireless Network (Sponsored)
HW076: Linux for the WLAN Professional
HW075: Speedtest Certified
Ep 74HW074: Build Your Own Access Point with Bradley Wegner
Keith Parsons is joined by Bradley Wegner, the creator of the Build Your Own AP deep dive at WLPC. Brad discusses his class, which focuses on hands-on hardware experience of constructing an AP. He talks about balancing hardware costs with capabilities, sourcing the components, and the software and firmware involved. He also shares his vision... Read more »
Ep 73HW073: OpenIntent: A Collaborative Effort for Wi-Fi Interoperability
OpenIntent is an open-source, collaborative effort by network operators to develop a standard schema to describe the necessary information needed to deploy network equipment. Keith sits down with Jake Snyder, the developer behind OpenIntent. They discuss why he developed OpenIntent, the building blocks of the schema, and his vision for seamless Wi-Fi design interoperability. AdSpot... Read more »
Ep 72HW072: Wireless-Adjacent Products from Digi International
Digi International has a whole lot of things that aren’t exactly in the Wi-Fi space, but are close enough to be of interest to WLAN engineers. Joining us today to talk about Digi International’s wireless tech, and what it means for wireless LAN pros, is Bob Blumenscheid. Bob discusses Digi’s offerings, including their XBee modules,... Read more »
Ep 71HW071: New iOS Tools for WLAN Pi
Adrian Granados joins Keith Parsons to discuss new iOS tools available for the WLAN Pi. These new tools extend a professional’s ability to run Wi-Fi scanning and analysis apps such a Wi-Fi Explorer Pi and Airtool Pi on iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads. Along with the small, portable WLAN Pi itself, these apps... Read more »
Ep 70HW070: Better Understand Your Network Performance with NetViews
Every Wi-fi or network professional occasionally struggles with understanding what their endpoints are experiencing. Keith sits down with Bill Bushong, creator of NetViews, a macOS application originally called PingStalker. In this conversation they discuss why he built NetViews, the technical details on how it works, its network monitoring capabilities, and how Wi-Fi professionals can use... Read more »
Ep 69HW069: The Hamina Clip
Keith sits down with old friend Jussi Kiviniemi, CEO of Hamina, to unveil their new product: The Hamina Clip. Together they discuss this new wireless survey device, including its portable design, its price point, and its ability to help you perform surveys and create heat maps without a floor plan. They also compare it to... Read more »